The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-26 00:00:00

'ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING: (14th time) a new Opera, founded on Goldsmith's Comedy, and to be called SH H; STOOPS TO WNQUER. Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. After which, the Burlesque Opening of the Grand National pantomime, HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. ,lIEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with the New Serlo-Comits Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled NIGHT AND MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, Messrs. Barrett, Fitzjames, Miss Atkinson, Miss H. Leclercq and Miss Heath. To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD THE SAILOR; or, The Seven Wonders of th World. Clowns. Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ; Barlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, s. W A. Barnes and J. Morris ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Misses Gunniss. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. 111 HE ATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and I:lanazer, Mr, Fluckatone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE DAISY. Miss Maria B arras. Followed by BUNKUM MULLER. Mr. Sothern. Afler which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Fothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Iloirers, Clark, Cullentord, &o. ; Mesdames APg,el, Snowden, Harris, lindley, Hill, &c And A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE MONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Messrs. 11. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Misses Percy, Pauline Leclerci, Wood, Mrs. Lee, and Miss E. Lavenu. • A Ater which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian Chronicle=," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Broughsm, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee, and Miss Elswortby. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is Made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping of hats and cloaks, and twat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to S. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman 'who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't snow what to do, STEW THEATRE-110 YAL, ADELPHI.- 8010 Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. 2lst Week of Miss Bateman. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEBREAKE R. Miss Woolgar and te r. J. L. Toole. to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH : Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling. R. Phillips, 811- inton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billington. To soeclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnio and his Seven Magic Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, 11.. Phillips, Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss _Patti Josechs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. L EA 11.-EVERY MISS BATEMAN. NIGHT. 111/ISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—Tms EVENING' IVA_ the 127th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BATEMAN, in the character of 1,14;AI:1. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson. Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Mantews. - - THIS EVENING. and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, an entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by Leicester Buckinz ham,"Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINING : Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, .Tohn stone, Mr. Montague; Mrs. ( harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by Mr. Charles Mathews just translated from the French)in his characteristic character of Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. Mr. J. L. Toole, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by ENLI3IITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. ,elford, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas Borlesque, ORPHEUS AND EURYLMCE: Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Ofegdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, Sal Concluding with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. GRACE EGERTON (Nrrs. George Case), at the POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William str, et (her THIRD SEASON in London), in her New and highly successful I haracteristic and Musical Entertainment entitled " A DRAWING ROO3l TO LET." EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday). Saturday Mornings at Three. - Stqlls. 35. ; unreserved seats. 2s. ; area, Is. Will continue positively for a month only. Last performance March 12. MHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," jit. Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, aan had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COAL S.. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 26s. per ton. I Double 2ls. per ton. Top 255. Nut 5........ lgs. „ Deep 22s. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbonrne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, !'adding ton, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT.--Morning, 4h. 15'1:I.—Afternoon, 4h. 34m. ro-mortitow.-Morning, 4h. 49m.—Afternoon, sh. sm. The Weather—Sun Office, Feb. 26, 1861. THERMOMETER. This day at Two - o'clock 3B Barometer-29,85. Wind—N. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy; mild weather. Sun, ~~v~ LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 26, 1864. On the very face of it, the acceptance of this Proposition for a Conference to be held in London open the Dano-German Question gives promise of proving but very little better than a flagrant di plomatic fiasco. And it does so quite manifestly, if for no other reason, for this exceedingly simple one, that the acceptance of the Conference is not ac companied by the acceptance of an Armistice. Hostilities are still to be continued although the proposal of a Conference is accepted. While the Conference is sitting, the bloodshed now desolating the soil of Danmark is to go on uninterruptedly. Jutland is yet at this moment the standing-ground of the Prussian soldiery. So far from that province being evacuated by the German invaders, the latter have apparently no intention whatever of withdrawing from it. Yet, in this most lamentable position of things between the belligerents, we are expected to exult as at a most auspicious advance towards a termination of the war, upon the announcement of this accept, ance of the offer of a Conference without an Armi stice such as could really, alone render any such Conference feasible as a means towards a pacifloa tien. Even supposing the telegraphic rumour to be confirmed, the rumour now intimating categorically as the bases of tEe Conference proposed by Eng hod—First, that the European Powers do really guarantee the autonomy as well as the i n di / isi ; and, S econ dl y, that it is biiity of the Duchies stipulated by them that the territorial arra ngemen t s So hitherto existing are to undergo no change— long as it is undcntood, no less distinctly, that the war is to ho fi., , recly continued among . the belli gerents, all the plenipotentiar ies are sit t i ng in conference herein London—the guarantees aforesaid , go just absolutely for nothing. Who can fo re t e ll what stage may not have been time at, i n th e development of the war, by the t line the conferenc e should be preparing formally to announce its do. oisioa ? In the then embittered state of feeling of the belligerents, it is probable that all the guaran tees in the world might be set aside alike by the Danes and by the Austro-Prussians. At the best, the augury to be drawn from this proposed and accepted Conference is very doubtfully auspicious indeed. It rests upon so many vague, and shifting, and unimaginable contingencies. It rests its chief reliance, in effect—as does the present Cabinet of England for that matter —upon the Chapter of Accidents. " Vive la Bagatelle," almost, one might take to be the watchword of the Ad ministration. And so—Ministers are evidently exulting, as at a signally triumphant mancuuvre, over this left-handed acceptance of the offer of a Conference, the war itself still continuing. Lord PALMERSTON showed his usual tact and dis cernment in . coming down to the House last night. It showed that the noble lord understood the exi gency of the case, and was willing to conform to the expression of opinion so decidedly expressed by members on both sides of the House. The Premier had also good intelligence to communicate relative to the Tuscaloosa. Here, again, Ministers have yielded to the pressure of circumstances, and relinquished their unfair and unjust attempt to in terfere with thd rights of other nations. Credit is due to them for sending out those orders for setting her at liberty, which the noble lord referred to last night; and it is satisfactory, of course, to obtain such information. At the same time, it cannot bat occur to the mind, on the receipt of this intelli gence, that it would have been better to have acted with less haste, and to have studied the bearings of the question a little more carefully before proceed ing to such extremities. It is not consonant with the dignity of the country, it is not consistent for the reputation of our Government, to be constantly changing about in this manner. Precipitancy on one side end recusance on the other, a general dis cussion and confusion all around, heartburnings and murmers of discontent seem to mark the progress of our Administration. There is one thing reassuring at all events in this affair, and that is the encourage ment given to independent minds to persist in ferreting out these unjust machinations, and in setting forward the true state of the case in the light of day. Had there been a timorous course pursued in this matter restitution would never have been made, and a gross injury would have been perpetrated by our authorities. Lord R. CECIL very properly asked whether compensation would be given for the injury, but Lord PALMER.. STON would not be compromised into giving an assurance to that effect. This must be the nest .casus belli, and the champions of international rights should strenuously insist on justice being done to the parties who have sustained a loss by the hot haste and misjudged partiality of their assailants. Many may think that too much fuss has been made about this case altogether, but nothing can be small which concerns truth and justice, nothing unimportant that relates to the honour of our country, and nothing not worth striving for that results in rendering justice to any Power or State which has been oppressed or wrong fully injured by any mistakes—real or intentional. If the Ministers hope in any way to retrieve a portion of their damaged reputation they must finish their task of making the amends honorable, and imme diately bestow that compensation which the Con federates have a right to expect. The possession of that moral right should be as powerful to insure its reception, as if armed hosts could command the restitution, or hostile fleets were bound to enforce the claim. Lord DERBY last night called attention to the very strange manner in which the Government are acting in regard to the production of the papers asked for by various members in both Houses of the Legislature. The general result proves, as the noble Earl remarked, that there is a want of come munication between the members of Her MAJESTY'S Government. It is, indeed, a very peculiar manner of conducting the affairs of the State, and its effects must be very prejudicial to the interest of the pub lic service. It is very essential that we should have the papers which have been laid before the Ameri can Congress, and Lord DERBY again requested the Foreign Secretary to state on what grounds he re • fused to comply with this reasonable demand. Lord RUSSELL made one of his extraordinary re plies. He said that he only withheld those that related to a question now pending before the courts of law. The Attorney-General had advised him not to produce these documents, but he believed he had since changed his opinion. Can anything be more unsatisfactory than this dilly-dallying with questions of so much moment. Lord CHELMSFORD very properly asked to know when the change bad taken place. This, however, he was not permitted to know. It is idle for Earl RUSSELL to attempt to get himself out of one difficulty by plunging into another, and he is only laying himself open to re newed attacks and redoubled criticism. One House is refused to be allowed to see the papers relating to the Saxon, and the other is put in possession of them. All this beating about the' bush cannot possibly serve the turn of Ministers, and must sooner or later overwhelm them with discomfiture. There are many months of the session yet to run, and it is preposterous to imagine that the most dexterous jugglings and complicated combinations can put off all awkward inquiries, and keep the pertinacious questioners at bay. Public inquiry will not be stifled in this fashion, and the voice that now feebly, perhaps, is heard, will be raised to a pitch, and be endued with a meaning that Cabinets must hear and heed. It will not benefit the position of the Govern ment.to put off the evil day now and alight on a worse one some weeks hence. They had better totally alter their tactics, and like men of spirit face the worst, and not give their opponents such a handle against them as to say that private interests are sacrificed to political prejudices, and the dignity of the country compromised to keep one particular set of men in office to carry out notions which militate against the spirit of the age. Thanks to the spirit of daring and adventure which especially characterises Englishmen, there will soon be few spots in the habitable globe with which we are not in some degree familiarised. Within the last few years the savage tribes who inhabit the central tracts of Africa have been visited for the first time by white men, and the sandy wastes which stretch across the great Southern continent have been explored by a band of daring colonists. Englishmen have descended the Russian mines, have ridden the wild horses of the Kirghis, have penetrated the mysterious empire of Japan, and left habitable land behind them on their voyage northwards. The proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society have become no sine cure, and its meetings have lately become deeply interesting. It is but . a few w ee k s s i nce th e assem bly listened with breathless interest to the account of the " hairbreadth 'napes and snares" of Captains SPEKE and GRANT in their expedition to Lake Nyanza. The recital of the dangers they encountered from the crafty and covetous kings of some of the tribes, the risks through which their firmness and tact carried them safely, un a the strange scenes and habits of the savage people they went among, enthralled the attention of the liateners, who thus learned from the words of an eye-witness his impressions of those races and countries where a white man was hitherto un known. At the meeting at Burlington House on Monday evening, the audience were transported to what might seem almost to be part of another world. Instead of the rude and primitive usages of Central Africa—the rough huts and want of almost the common necessaries of life—there was called before them a vision of mosques, bazaars, and handsome cities, of stables full of Nedjed steeds, of worshippers kneeling to the glowing sun of the East. Despotism as strict as that of the African kings prevail in these sunny Arabian scenes, the tyranny of Islam, supplying the place of the irre sponsible will of the black monarch. Mr. PAL GRAVE, the son of the late Sir FRANCIS PALGRAVE, whose name is well known to English literature, has passed the last eighteen years in journeying across the northern part of Are.bia, from Gazo in south ern Syria to El Khatif, on the Persian Gulf, and hence to the kingdom of Oman at the eastern corner of Arabia. This, expedition, whose exploits and adventures were happily described by the pre sident, as the thousand and second Arabian Knights, was full of danger and difficulty. A sufficient proof of the rarity and danger of such a journey is afforded by the fact that Mr. PALGRAVE'S experience con tradicts nearly all the little we were supposed to know about the countries in question. The general notion of the more distant parts of Arabia is a wild expanse of sandy desert, where wandering Bedouins pitch their tents, and the whole life of the inhabi tants is nomadic and desultory. In place of this we find large and populous cities full of shops, bazaars, and all the accessories of Arabian life in the better known districts, with houses of two and three stories, built with a degree of taste that eclipses European competition. Nevertheless the ignorance and misapprehension on these points is not surprising, for so great is the jealousy with which the Arabs regard the intrusion of any Europeans, that it is by no means an uncommon thing for travellers who have ventured so far to be put to death. Mr. PALGRAVE assumed the charac ter of a wandering doctor, and his medical know ledge stood him in good stead. The whole party had to disguise themselves at Gaza, and were by no means reluctant to accept the explanation gene. rally given of their journey —that Mr. PALGRAVE committed some civil crime, and had fled from his native Damascus; In his medical capacity Mr. PALGRAVE achieved some striking successes, and once nearly got into serious trouble by doing so. He had cured a case of partial paralysis by a careful external application of strychnine. He was then in the Wahabite territory, and the KING, who heard of the wonderful cure, sent for him to beg for some of the marvellous powder. A refasal, founded on its danger in unpracticed hands, produced no effect, his MAJESTY hinting that its fatal qualities would by no means diminish its utility as a political agent. A stormy scene ensued, after which it was thought moraprudent for the party to effect a secret escape from the country. At the Wahabite capital, before this contention, the supposed doctor had been called upon to attend to one of the Royal steeds, and had consequently an opportunity of inspecting those celebrated stables where the finest of the Arab horses are collected. These beautiful creatures are described by Mr. PALGRAVE as the beau ideal of the horse. The state of Oman, at the extreme east of Arabia, is es strange to E iropean visitors as the wildest dis tricts of Central Africa, being entirely cut off from the rest of Arabia by vast deserts. It is, according to his description, the most beautiful part of Arabia, with a climate resembling that of India, and traces of the old fire•worship of the country left lingering among the people. Mr. PALGRAVE has collected a vast amount of information, as yet, of course, only given in outline,,respecting, the reli gious, political, 'and social condition of the people. In addition to the dangers he met with from hostile natives, he passed through perils by land and water, narrowly escaping death in a simoom in the desert and a shipwreck on the coast of Oman. Fortunately, however, he has reached home in safety, after an absence so protracted that his native tongue has grown strange to him, to be warmly welcomed by his countrymen, and to add his rich and varied experience to the stores of our geographical knowledge. TII.E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, ISM The Government Annuities Bill, A public meeting was held last night at the Whittington Club, Strand, to consider the best way of opposing the Annuities Bill, lately introduced by the Government. In the absence of Mr. Thornton Hunt, who was unavoidably prevented from attend ing the meeting, the chair was taken by Mr. Faulk net, the editor of the News. In opening the pro ceedings, the chairman said that a meeting of working men had been convened to express their opinion on the subject of this bill, which aimed at the destruction of all industrial benefit and assurance societies. He denied that those institutions were failures, and he was sure that he carried the meeting with him when helsaid that working :nen knew per fectly well how to take care of their own savings. He would introduce to the meeting several working men, who would give their opinions on the subject. Mr. Worley moved the first resolution, to the effect that the principle of Government interfering with com mercial enterprise was a most mischievous one, and deserved the strenuous opposition of all classes of the community. He believed that the bill origi nated in a desire on the part of the Government to exercise a monopoly in these matters, and on that ground he objected to it. He thought the Govern ment suspiciously kind to working men lately, but he was sure the lees they had to do with them the better. The greatest objection to the bill was that the business matters of the society were to be taken out of the hands of the men who were best fitted to transact them. The motion was seconded by Mr. Wheeler, of the Friend-in-Need Benefit Society, principally on the ground that the Govern ment always failed when they undertook any class labour, and that if the bill passed a similar failure would take place. He looked on the measure as the thin end of the weege for the introduction of Government interference in all trades. The bill had been brought in in indecent haste, and the very name of it was a blind. If the working-men, whose greatest interest it was to carry on these societies, sometimes failed there was still less probability of the efforts of the Government being crowned with success. The motion having been car ried, Mr. Shrubb desired to state, in correction of a statement made by the last speaker, that the large insurance societies had not taken up this matte, and that the representatives of nearly all the old and new offices had already met and passed resolutions condemnatory of the measure. In mov ing the next resolution, to the effect that the second clause, giving power to the Government to com pete with benefit societies and insurance com panies, was uncalled-for, Mr. New msde use of most of the arguments advanced by the previous speakers. lie thought if the Government proposed to take life assurances into their hands, they should also take under their protection the sick funds throughout the country. Ho feared, however, that the profits were too small, and the trouble too great, for the Government to touch this portion of the business of ber.efit societies. Mr. Nash seconded the resolution. If, as had been stated, working men's benefit societies were badly managed, it was the business of the Government to reform them, and not to destroy them. He sug gested that a deputation should be formed to wait on the Chancellor of the Exchequer; also, that a petition to Parliament should be adopted and signed by all those present. Other resolutions condemning the bill and its principla were then passed, and the meeting separated. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTERS TELEGRAMS.] ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONFERENCE BY FRANCE AND DENMARK. DRESDEN, FEB. 26. The official Dresdner Journal of today publishes a telegram from Paris announcing that the French Government has accepted the English proposal for a Conference. IVEINTAR, FEB. 28. It is reported here upon good authority that Denmark also accepts the proposal for a Conference to be held in London, THE DANISH CRUISER. PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY MORNING. The Danish frigate Neils Juel (46), Captain Got lieb, left this Sound this morning at ro , oloek Wind north:east, variable, very light. FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. 26 (Morning). The Constitutionnel of to-day, in an article signed by M. Limayrac, upon the proposal of a Confer ence, says:— "France would be harpy to hope for success; It is not she who will raise obstacles; but it appears doubtful if the Germanic Confederation and Den mark will accede." The writer also regrets that an armistice was not accepted, and says he cannot yet see the end of the present confl'et. BOURSE, Feb. 25.—The market has not been so animated as yesterday, but prices have been pretty well maintained, Threes, for the Account, being now at 66f. 55c. Mobilier show an improvement, the 1,085 f. Railway Market ket closed as follows : Italian Loan 6B 05 Do. end month 67 50 Ne w ditto ...... Do. end month — Russian 21.11Stri3I 1 Spanish Threes — Elmne Debt Deferred present quotation being I quiet, but firm. The mar: 41 per Cents. 95 55 Do. end 3 per Cents Do: end month 66 60 Credit Mobilier 1080 Do. end month 1080 Bank Shs-es 3300 Credit Fonder 1280 Roman .. 76 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOOB 75 .. 1007 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern • Western Eastern 935 - .. 935 - 890 - .. - - 672 50 .. 668 75 515 - - 480 477 60 377 •50 .. 377 50 410 - .. 410 - 521 25 .. 518 75 498 75 .. 500 - 595 .. 591 25 297 50 Sardinian ... Austrian Lombard North of Spain ..... Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona • SPAIN. THE BRITISH STEAMER PRINCESS AT MA LAGA. MADRID, FEB. 22. The Cvrespondencia of to-day says :—" The search on board the English steamer Princess at .Malaga is now finished. In addition to the articles mentioned in the list we published yesterday, there have been discovered eight or ten small pieces of artillery, thirteen packets of Congreve rocke,ts containing nine each, thirty-one ordinary rockcits, and a large number of cannon balls, some be its of linen, tin plates, and other matters of little importance. The same journal also says:—"lt appears that the Opposition in the Chambers is preparing to contest the Bill on the Electoral Law, and that steps are being taken to unite the different groups in Congress against the Govern ment. By this new coalition the adversaries of the Cabinet hope to secure some of the members who have, up to the present, maintained a neutral and expectant attitude. The Eentish Town Junction Road Bill, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. your paper of this evening I am re ported to have supported the second reading of the Archway and Kentish Town Junction Road Bill. This is an error. I opposed the bill, and shall be ob;iged by your correcting the mistake.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, HARVEY LEWIS. House of Commons, Thursday Evening. The Seizure of the Tuscaloosa, The commander of this Confederate cruiser, lately seized by the authorities at the Cape of Good Hope, has forwarded the following protest to Sir Philip Wodehouse,K.C.B., governor of that colony : —" Confederate States' ship Tuscaloosa, Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, Dee. 28, 1863. Sir,—As officer in command or the Confederate States' ship Tuscaloosa, tender to the Confederate States' steamer Alabama, I have to record my protest against the extraordinary measures which have been adopted towards me and the vessel under my command by the British authorities of the colony. Ia August last the Tuscaloosa arrived in Simon's Bey ; she was not only recognised in the character which she lawfully claimed, and still claims to be, viz., a commissioned ship of war belong ing to n belligerent Power, bat was allowed toremain harbour for the period of five days, the taking in supplies and effecting repairs with the full knowledge and sanction of the authorities. No intimation was given that she was regarded merely in the light of an ordinary prize, or that she was considered to be violating the laws of neu trality, nor, when she notoriously left for a cruise on active service, was any intimation whatever con veyed that on her return to the port of a friendly power, where she had been received as a man-of war, she would be regarded as a prize,' as a violator of the Queen's proclamation of neutrality, and consequently liable to seizure. Misled by Majesty's Government, I r t e h t e urn co e n d dtuocSimon'seß Bay on the 26th inst., in very urgentsurprise, need of r and supplies. To my Ifind nd theep r o e aceloosa is now no longer considered as a man - of-war, and she has, by your orders, as I learn, been seized for the purpose of being handed. over to the person who claims her on the behalf of her late owners. The character of the vessel, viz, that of a lawful commissioned ship of war of the Confederate States of America, has not been altered since her first arrival in Simon's Bay; and she having been once fully recognised by the British authorities in command in thin colony, and no notice or warning of change of opi nion or of friendly feeling having been communi cated by public notification or otherwise, I was entitled to expect to b e again permitted to enter Simon's Bay without molestation. In perfect good faith I returned to Simon's Bay for mere necessaries, and in all honour and good faith in return I should, on change of opinion or of policy on the part of the British authorities, have been desired to leave the port again; but, by the course of proceed ings taken, I have teen—supposing the view now adopted by your Excellency's Government to be correct —firstly misled, and then entrapped. My position and the character of my ship will most cer tainly be vindicated by my Government. I am powerless to resist the affront offered to the Confe derate States of America by your Excellency's c in duct and proceediege. I demand, however, the release of my ship, and if this demand be not promptly complied with, I hereby formally protest against her seizure, especially under the very peculiar circumstances of the case.—l have, &c., J. LOWE, Commanding C.S.S. Tuscaloosa."—[le will be seen, in our Parliamentary report, that Lord Palmerston, in the lloase of Commons last night, stated that the Government had ordered the release of this vessel.] STRAND THEATILE.—The Prince of Wales having expressed his intention to honour this theatre with his presence, the lessee has caused a private box to be con structed for his royal highness's use, with an anti-room and a separate entrance in Surrey•street. SNOW STORM.—.There was a heavy fall of snow in Somersetshire and Wiltshire on Wednesday evening, which continued over Thursday, The Dano-German Correspondence. The second part of the correspondence respecting the affairs of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein was issued yesterday. The correspondence begins on Jan. 21, 1863, and is brought down in the present publication to Sept. 30, 1863. Two distinct periods are embraced in it. In the first, extending from Jan. 21 to March 30, 1863, we have several despatches from our representative at Copenhagen and from others, relating the proceeditigs of the Danish Landsthing and the Holstein Estates, show ing the motives and nature of the resolution of Denmark, embodied in the now repea!ed patent of March 30, 1863. Amongst the most interesting papers is the following despatch, dated Paris, Sept. 18, in which Mr. Grey communicates to Earl Rus sell the remarks of M. Drouyn de Lhuys upon certain propositions of the noble earl. Mr. Grey says :—" The communication which I made to him to-day involved, he (M. Drouyn de Lhuys) said, a more formal step, and one in which he, for his part, could see no prospect of advantage. The offer of good offices would he thought be useless (inutile). The second mode of proceeding suggested by your lordship, viz., To remind Austria, Prussia, and the German Diet, that any acts on their part tending to weaken the integrity and independence of Denmark would be at variance with the treaty of the Bth of May, 1852; would be in a great measure analogous to the course pursued by Great Britain and France in the Polish question. He had no in clination (and he frankly avowed he should so speak to the Emperor) to place France in the same posi tion with reference to Germany as she had been placed with regard to Russia. The formal notes addressed by the three Powers to Russia had re ceived an answer which literally meant nothing, and the position in which those three great powers were now placed was anything but dignified ; and if England and France were to ad dress such a reminder as that proposed to Austria, Prussia, and the German Confederation, they must be prepared to go further, and to adopt a course of action more in accordance with the dignity of two great Powers than they were now doing in the Polish question. France was not, his excellency said, by any means indifferent to the maintenance of the integrity and independence of Denmark, and it was not from any indifference that he disapproved of your lordship's suggestion. He had already re presented to the German Powers that if they invaded Holstein for the purpose of effecting a revolt in Schleswig, or if they went further and invaded Schleswig itself, they would be infringing on the rights of an independent sovereign, and entering upon a grave question affecting the balance of power in Europe, to which France could not remain indifferent. His excel lency conceived, therefore, that all your lordship now suggests had been done, unless it was desired to take a more formal step, such as the presentation of an identic note, or the simultaneous presentation of notes of similar purport. To this mode of pro ceeding he had the strongest objection for the rea sons stated above.: He desired to preserve entire liberty of action for France in this matter; and unless her Majesty's Government was prepared to go fur ther, if necessary, than the mere presentation of a note and the receipt of an evasive reply he was sure the Emperor would not consent to adopt your lord ship's suggestion." The following " extract' , is also interesting : " EARL RUSSELL TO COUNT WACUTMEISTER. "Foreign Office,"2sth September, 1863. " (Extract.) "Her Majesty's Government set the highest value on the independence and integrity of Denmark. Her Majesty's Government would be ready to offer their good offices to the two parties to contend in arms. Her Majesty's Government would he ready to do so in conjunction with France alone. But the course which her Majesty might be advised to take with regard to these matters, if the good offices of her Majesty's Government should be un successful, must be the subject of future considera- tion and decision. Her Majesty's Government are not prepared to say that Denmark is altogether in the right, or that Germany has not some grounds of complaint in reference to the condition of the Ger man population in Schleswig, But they think these d fferences should be the subject of negotiation either in conferences or otherwise, and should not be brought to the issue of war. Her Majesty's Go vernment will be ready to remind Austria and Prussia of their treaty obligations to respect the integrity and independence of Denmark." In September Prince Gortchakoff, on behalf of the Russian Government, wrote to Baron Brunnow that Russia, France, and England had an equal interest in the maintenance of the independence and integrity of the Danish monarshy, and "if the Cabinet of London thought fit on its part to reas sure the Danish Government on the result in the event of war, its representative at Copenhagen would meet with the most sincere co-operation on the part of the Baron de Nicolay." And to the Russian ambassador at Copenhagen, that no one could contest the right of the German Diet to give effect to the resolutions to which it gave expression by its vote of July 9. But "it will reflect, we trust, upon the seri ous consequences for the tranquillity of Germany. itself, which might be incurred by an intervention, which should exceed the strict limits of its com petence. Whatever may be the rights which may result to it from the arrangements of 1851-52, as regards Dully of Schleswig, the Diet could not have the intention to cause a purely Federal ques tion to assume the proportions of au international affair." It my be mentioned, however, that all this cor respondence tookplace previously to King Frederic's death, and that the public has as yet not one tittle of information to enable it to form an opinion on the policy of the Government during the last three months—that being precisely the period in which the whole interest of the question is centred. The Murder in Northamptonshire. The examination before the Thrapston police. court of William Weekly Ball, the man charged with having mur dered Lydia Astley in July, 1850, was concluded yesterday. The circumstances under which the young woman disap peared 13 years ago, after cohabiting with the prisoner, and the discovery near his honse, on the 4th inst., of the remains of a dead body, supposed to be hers, were briefly mentioned in The Sun of the 19th current, In the examination !adore the magistrates on Monday John Hill, a labourer, said that on the night when Lydia Astley was missed, he saw her and the prisoner together in a lane leading to Ball's Orchard. _ Joseph Groom, another labourer, overheard a conversa tion on the same occasion, and near the same place, between Astley, whom ho well knew, and a man. He heard her Aay, " I believe you mean to kill me to-night, Weekly Ball." He also heard her say, " The Lord have mercy upon me if I am to dio to-night." Henry Dix, a labourer, said that Lydia Astley a fortnight before she disappeared came to his house and asked h:m to extract a tooth. He objected at first to do so, as she was far advanced in the family way, but he at last consented, and drew the tooth, which was on the left side of the jaw, where only two back teeth were left. Mr. Leeto, a surgeon, had examined the skeleton, and identified the bones as those of a woman. There were no bones of a child found. He believed that the body had been in the ground from 12 to 20 years. Dr. William Orlando Markham stated that the first ab sent tooth at the back of the jaw was a double tooth, which could not have baen extracted long before death, as in that case absorption would have caused the part to be more con tracted. William Weekly, a shoemaker at Ringstead, stated that a fortnight after Lydia Astley was missed the prisoner came to him, took him to a pubiichouse, and induced him to write a letter to his mother, in which ho said that he had seen the deceased going down Castle-street, Northampton, on the previous Sunday night, accompanied by a man who woro a smockfrock and a cape; Ho now said that ho had not really seen her. He identified a copy of a letter produced by the police, and described as "a copy of a letter to Mrs, Ball," as copy of that he sent to his anther. Superintendent J. F. Hobbs mentioned the distances in yards of the places where Hill and Groom were on the oc caeions referred to from the epot where the body was found. Tho prisoner, in answer to the usual question, said he had nothing to say, and was committed for wilful murder. BUST OF SHAKSPERE FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES.—Mr. W. Perry, of North Auclley street, wood carver in ordinary to the Qqeen, who has in hand a bust of Shakspere, which he is carving for her M.jdsty out of the wood of Ilerne's oak, has just received orders for another similar boat, a little smaller, for the Prince of Wales, NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. The trial of small-bores was continued yesterday at Woolwich, the wind throughout the day being most unfa vourable to good diagrams, The following aro the figures of merit made on Wednesday by the fifth and sixth series of rides. These and all other figures as yet given are sub ject to correction, the diagrams not having yet been finally examined : At 500 yards. Figure of Merit in parts of a Foot. A on Name sth Sh o t. 6 t h Shot, the verag who e le. Rigby Storm .. .95 Henry Whitworth .... '6B .... '46 It must also be remembered that the winning average will be taken on the first three shots only, bat it would be of no use to calculate these until the absolutely correct figures of merit for each series of shots are issued by the Council. The fourth, fifth, and sixth s , ries of the large-bore 'Whit worth kept up the surprising reputation that weapon has already gained, They were respectively .59, .62, and •45. Mr. Baker having retired, there were only four competi tors at the 1,009 yards yesterday, in addition to \V hit worth's large-bore. Four rifles of each maker were tried at this range, the figures of merit being AA, 1,00) Yards. Name. Ist Rifle. 2d Rifle. 31 Rifle. Average Feet. Feet. Feet. Whitworth .... 2448 .. 2.29 .. 1.00 .. 2.22 Henry - .. 221 .. 2.83 ___ . Rigby Storm . These figures are also uncorrected, but it is pretty certain that Whitworth's small-bore carries off the palm of victory. Mr. Henry, the only competitor from whom he had anything to fear, although first at the 500 yards range, made a most disastrous diagram with his first rifle at the lung range, greatly endangering his chance of winning. This was owing to a very unfortunate accident. In loading for one of the five trial shots, his assistant omitted to put in the bullet. The piece, of course, was so sericusly affected by the fouling consequent on the Hank cartridge being fired that nearly every shot went wide of the centre, the result ing diagram giving 3.56 feet as the mean radial deviation. The accident had so great an influence on the nerves of the assistant that during the trial of the second rifle only part of the powder was put into the piece at the first shot. The wide shot caused by this second accident sent the figure of merit of the second rifle up to 2.74 feet, allowing Mr. Whit worth to win easily. It is a singular fact that Rigby, who made such comparatively bad shooting at 500 yards, beat even Whitworth at the long range with a figure of merit of 2.13 feet. Storm, although out of the list from having ex ceeded the maximum figure of merit, 2 . 77 feet, made a very excellent score—the best, without a doubt, that has everbeen made by nay breech-loading rifle in a public competition. With respect to the system of measurement adopted by the Association, it seems most unfortunate that they should have chosen decimals of a foot wherewith to express the mean radial deviation. Not only do decimals of a foot con vey no information whatever to the ordinary reader, but the Government and all private persons, almost without excep tion, express their measurements in inches and decimals of an inch. Every one, therefore, who reads the tables already published has to reduce the numbers given to inches before he can gain any correct notion of the measurement indi cated. The by-plot of the drama has in this instance been the most interesting to the general spectator, the performances of Mr. Whitworth's large bore being watched with the greatest excitement, This rifle not only came out second as compared with the five which competed at 500 yards, but actually beat them all at the long range, its average figure of merit, 1.89 ft, being less than that of either Rigby's or Whitworth's small bore. If other trials of this weapon bear out the character it has thus gained, it will be a most im portant matter, as no obstacle exists to its being immedi ately introduced as a military weapon. As before stated, the ordinary Enfield ammunition can be used with it with a better result than with the Enfield arm. I'o bring out its full merits, however, it is necessary to use Mr, Whitworth's ammunition, consisting of 85 grains of powder and a bullet of peculiar construction. This bullet, which has just been patented by Mr. Whitworth, is of the usual hexagonal, or rather dodecagonal form, and differs from the ordinary bullet in having a hole made in its conical end of such a size as to throw the centre of gravity into the exact centre of the bullet, a wooden plug being inserted in the front cavity, and trimmed off carefully so as to afford no resist ance to the atmosphere. The following letter was addressed on Tuesday to the Council of the National Rifl3 Association by the Manchester Ordnance and Rite Oompany "28, Pall-mall, Feb, 23. " Gent lemen,—We have just been informed that the rifles of Messrs. Rigby and Henry, entered for the annual compe tition of the association, are short stocked match rifles with heavy barrels, weighing up to 61b 1 lez, "The Council are fully aware that our match rifles are of this description, but we have always understood that the Council required for the volunteers in shooting for the Queen's prize a rifle of the military pattern. "Acting on this as the generally recognised intention of of the Council, we have provided rifles to carry out their views ; but in order to do this we have been compelled to limit the weight of our barrels to 41b 14oz and 51b loz re spectively. "We therefore put it to the Council whether we can fairly be called upon to compete with those parties whose barrels weigh nearly 21b more than those we have been obliged to furnish " We are, Gentlemen, your obedients servants, "THE MANCHESTER ORDNANCE AND RIFLE COMPANY, PER JOSEPH LEECE. " To the Council of the National Riflo Amoci4tior.." The two remaining rifles belonging to Whitworth, Henry, and.Rigby, will be tested today at the I,OC° yards range. BIARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home-grown wheat were very moderate. Both red and white qualities, however, met a slow sale, yet no change took place in prices, compared with Monday. With foreign wheat the market was tolerably well sup lied. Millers for the most part purchased to a limited ex tent, at previous quotations. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. Good and fine malting barley ruled firm, at quite pre vious currencies; otherwise the barley trade was quiet, at late prices. In malt only a moderate business was transacted, on for mer terms. There was a fair supply of oats on offer. The trade for all qualities ruled inactive, at about stationary prices. Beans and peas were dull, at Monday's currency, About an average business was passing in flour, at late rates. • ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. English-- 720 690 2,350 ' 2,720 3410 1 -- F , oreign 8,3;0 1,030 , 020 460 ska, brls Flout. 450 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. The trade, generally speaking, is quiet; nevertheless, prices rule firm. Per 81b. by the carcase. stied Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Nliddling do. .. 3 6 3 8 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 6 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 °dad Middlingmutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do . 4 6 4 8 Veal. Small pork ~ 9 4 2 4 6 Lamb .... 0 0 0 0 BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues to be but moderately supplied with English and foreign hops. In most descriptions sales pro gress somewhat slowly; nevertheless, prices rule firm. Mid and East Keats £5 Os to lOs per cwt. Weald of Konts 5 Os to 67s ~ Sussex Yearlings Bavarian 5 5 5 t o 8 8s „ Belgian .... American ..... 6 5s to G 12s ‘. COLONIAL. TEA,--The market has remained very quiet, and quota.- lions are inactive. good common congou is dealt in at Ild to 12d per lb. Su alit.—The operations in West India have been mode rately active, and prices have further advanced 6d per cwt. In the refined market enhanced rates are also current, com mon lumps being quoted 53s per cwt. COFFEE.—There has been more inquiry for plantation Ceylon, and late prices are gen?rally well supported. RICE.-13usiness has been dull, and no material change has been reported in quotations. SALTPETRE.—There have been no public sales, and in the private market the operations have been of the most limited description, at previous prices. TALLOW.—A moderate amount of business has been done in P.Y.C. at steady prices, the quotations being, spot, 403 6d ; April to June dealings, 41s ; and last three months, 43s 6d to 43s 9J per cwt. • GREEN FRU IT. — Contrary winds preventing arrivals, the market for oranges has improved in p r i ce , an d w hi c h is likely to continue, Some parcels St. Michael, Terceira, and Sicily, sold by Keeling and Hunt at publi c sa l e , wen t a t an advance of Is t o 2s per package. More inquiry for lernops of sound quality, likewise for nuts of all kinds which will be required for the spring trade. MAILS FOR SWEDEN. —The mail steam rackets under contract with the Swedish Government will rccommenee their voyages between Hull and Ciothenbur,g en Saturday the sth March. Nails for conveyance by these packets will, therefore, be made up in London on the even ing of Friday, the 4th March, and on the evening of every subsequent Friday until further notice. All letters and newspapers addressed to II )theubarg and Uddewalla will be forwarded by these packets, un!ess directed to be other wise sent; but letters and newspapers for other parts of Sweden intended to be transmitted by these packets must be specially addressed "By Sa-elish Packet."—By command of the Postinast er- General, ROWLAND HILL, bsceretary, Geu:ral Post Office, PO, 27, 1861, ri•l'lt 4 " , • 1111110 ‘ff,Urir HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb, 26. The Queen walked in the grounds yesterdai afternoon, attended by the Hon . Mrs. Brno. , e E3ri De Grey and Ripon a rrived at the Castl last evening, and had an aud ience of the Queen. The Prince and Princess of' Wales, The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Major Teesdale. lot al Prince Gustav of Saxe Weimar visited hie• Highness at Afarlboro ugh House yesterday th forenoon; The Prince of Wales visited Prince Gustav in afternoon. Dog e of His Royal Highness also v isited the Cambridge and the D3chess of Inverness. is The Princess of Wales took a carriage d icey the afternoon, attended by the Countess o De The Duchess of Cambridge, th e Duchess f lenburg Strelitz, end the Princess Mary, visited tia Princess of Wales at Marlboroug h House. b y th e ~0 In the evening the Prince, acconapinied Duke of Cambridge, went to Christ's Hose witness witness the public supper of th e boys. -4--_ The Prince of Wales in the CitY , , 0 Last evening the Prince of Wales paid a visit to Chto , eo Hospital, of which his Royal Highness is a mpanied by the Duke of Cambridge, the Fresident.ei the Prince had It was the first occ.sion on which hde honoured the hcspital with his presence, and & able' the governing body, headed by the Lord Mayor, As' 800 15 to wal . numb come his coming, while the students, about . 01 at princelylighted e n ul, bdynr endowment ithenig Governor/ tee. Hertford exclusive of about 400 in the preparatory sch , , e de , ord, connected with the institution, were cquanY compliment. The time and occasion of the ra royal visit require a little explanation. Fr o. . , ti f g e i f telcu tbi; once a week in ptuhbeli t a h s they ij en a t e r are n t s eh e ia a u s d o t a bb ee o eHn f e L ase e pe n int t as , lt.o t hraieehasecstaoe o‘sians.pii- epiinegths;e:, called,usedto l taakfeewplayceearosn a S g u e n , d3 e ev a li th in e g d s Si g w he a l s d c i hanged from Sunday to Thursday. They are' 311'771° 'n the Great Hall, and usually attract considers td _number of people to witness them. In 1815 her felkieye th e .s Ctticon , with the lamented Prince Consort, wilefileeall 5 . i .ti inscribed on the roll of illustrious benefactors 0 th d t t i o Pto ,deigned to be present at one of the openi n °' „ all a cted withoccasion the i i s n h s t e i l t d u i t i n o n p r . o u A d recollection agoby theevery one °°--- e s th a his Hospital invited the Prince of Wales to honour company, and his Royal Highness was please,' t o ply notic with the request. Although they had but 4 P as eof the Prince's intention dll suitable P as , they ma a a F edi ° paration for the royal visit, and invited as many could be conveniently-accommodated . a nt ' Shortly before 7 o'clock the Prince and the Duk e a nd o a bridge, attended by General Knollys, Col. Mande°''llriliigli" Major nees Te2sdale, arrived at the Hospital. Their it°Y e L w ra Ma es were received at the principal entrance by t.; 00 , r and Alderman Rose, M.P., Alderman Sir B. g'l o bi , Alderman i yo .. Gabriel, Aldermen Phillips and Alderman ;ter, r. Gilpin, the Treasurer, Archdeacon Hale/ to d• TT Pi' • t A a l i r. n Foster White, Treasurer of St. Bartholome's Ifi, Ga , esi aptain Shea, Mr. Hartridge, Mr. ii p°' 1 ‘ 11. 3 ) cp aty goverutheriestinee coLwinith, ott, jun., Mr. S. C.Whitbread, Ur. di „, eY h '„. prine / Lott, Mr. Wigan, and other of the governors. i- .-- a tty t w io a n s s conducted to the Governor's room,where, a few pre c i o e rte j having taken place, his Royal Highness w as tac o, in -Chief, f Great Hall by the Governors, the C ° T. a , the ib c n e eg i i v n e t a h k i e s n ß t ,as President, leading the way. On e nte an d l the Hall, the e organ pealed forth the National Anthern, comPanlat°llarve: 800 ys rose in a body with the rest of the ri)ebridge' and g h immediate] y on the right of the Duke of CAV a . „ bo ys places assigned them on the dais, o h y e al Highness. The distinguished visitorroce in t e governors on either side of the President--tiotioa the choir, about 50 in number, sang with uMe ll l e : the the Old Hundredth Psalm, with an accomponilnerlY -Alit the conclusion organ, Athire.gsrheaatrekreyp,artthoefstehneiocrornopreacniyanj:i:eisrltn tio i"o e ll r o 1 ., i . led el., of b Scripture selected for the occasion, which were " lare e a y prayer, a n d then the pupils betook theraselves to F ° fetid :l oo ; ta pl l ain meal of milk with bread and butter, of b es, running parallel with each other the who— ream Supper HGßwririleeg t p h bthits e nent:e h erhst a ,sh l e, l aeb . wdteir!ha, the Rev. Dr. Jacob, the head master; the f1e v ,,,,,,, ' Dr. rsteu m bnre a oe htrhi:er master,hme sa a idd t i epcnarlte;tmtinobuaestBhtiLeyere r ar;Fdaar uinl‘nediesaill table while the boys were at supper. mo des boys ei o r r ell ,: i sis t : o a. f . 14° :1: r6 3 1 On the removal of the cloth, which was d er° il d t a ll i eabt/5 a the j m t selves, the whole of the pupils approached tile ,. and the Prince. ant-two and made obeisances to the Presiden" llov /ioc" candles theßoy d a e l c v k i e si d to w rs it . h o fl t o h w er e s rsas they Two of the boys of each of the wards'f:„pleo'f an cam° to d d bo li e — t ,tV a i ll i d il l ancient custom in the Hospital— carried ea ch a , a so' t° carried large brea the fragments of the supper, poised on the shoulder',„eOP. ili when li a lad so encumbered made his bow to their oat the g Highnesses it required some little dexterity to Pr! .. ,, s t of basketthe tilting over, The boys of the choir, with the t ; 00 , .company, then sang the National Anhem' of Doi' pied by the organ. At its conclusion the of o ach bridge called for three cheers for the Prince of %O le e s' ware were given with extraordinary enthusiasm by t 1 . 31 3. gav e three lads, more for the Queen. - &ironic° With that joyous manifestation of loyalty the • den °. concluded, and their Royal Highnesses took their 3 . 0 a lure. A considerable number of the elder sc h° l la ; thei assembled in the quadrangle in front of the hospio left, and gave them a parting chee r`.....----0 d Frit° 6 Their Royal Highnesses the Prince so . fo sc ull of Wales will honour the Earl and Countess of VI , nest their presence at a grand ball on Monday', the 7E13. of month. a cards Franc for assem ' blies on e2d and 9th of next month. ._qititi a contl u° Viscount Bo y le y has left town ou Frances Countess Waldegrave has issue tour, to-aal to Viscount Grey de Wilton leaves town join the countess at Melton Mowbray. c o ill St. Ge L or o g r e d .s. S pl o a n e t e h , Southampton p th t e on sea h s a o s n. tak en in reel Sits. Lady Llanover has arrived at her res,coies. Great Stanhope-strett, from the family seatial: ~ J ost Lord and Lady Colchester received b 1 • Berße-e" I last evening, a t th e i r residence 0 tOsr square, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbilq:riotoot liarrietet d u r ie Da and Countess of Verulam and Lady Viscount Hood, Lord Kingsdown, Lord ne d a l i o 3 o. 'lre t at a r l Egerton of Tatton and the Hon. Miss Egertout vi llo ' 4 a residen Dawson, Sir Robert and Lady Dallas and IK Williamson, as 5cc ;........ „..........---"" O DEATH OF BISHOP GAL limits There will be (From the Scotsnzanb,)ooo dello deep regret far lof his own Church at the announcetnee t i 5.. . ,, of the Right Rev. James Gillis, P•t9an-'i'ttlicile.er.liil°ll Edinburgh not titularly the Roman Catholie Bishop P has been fo for s n o d m t e h eE monthsa s t o Scotland'fmore for : 1:1:71,00ca liec! (his malady being, we believe, a tioel ue'ailied, went of the liver), but a few weeks ego Il e r iilthe and remained in comparatively fair h ea lth 13 fi ri y hie late return of severe weather. On T ue : : a om. illness underwent a rather sudden 00' 3 ; t we e and , he gradually sunk until he expired t", ego clock yesterday afternoon. Bishop Gillis es a was, we believe, sixty-two. Ws father bet $ native of the Scottish ilighlands--llie 133°t 0 the French Canadian ; and doubtless his trains ° coo . mother's side, along with his early trainietPeob. tributed largely to makes mso much of a 'l. 1-10 man as he was in appnce and nlann.er,:op of was ordained priest in 1827, consecrated b''''d.'lltar Limyra in 1838, acted for several years thateafi Jeatii of the late Bishop Carruthers, and since grstolio beloved prelate's death has acted as ITieer AP°Gios of the Eastern District of Scotlan. Disl3°P ; tie d ti possessed great general accompliehnlee-s ' for I ' l° polished manner; and, though very zealone 4., Church, and a temper sotnevvhat addicted to.ev . diffe r troversy, he had many friends and a dmir e r° . neh t ing widely from him in opinion. lie wa s ,e.tabi but as an orator r.nd preacher, not only in I%llPis i s ha perhaps even more in French. So highlY w as 0 ho w il esteemed as a French pulpit orator, that reach b°. lately selected by the French bishops to p. • a °ra tio fore the Emperor the sermon at the Comison Gillis th of Joan of Arc. By the death of Biellq . a p r , Roman Catholic Church in Scotland has lost ac a late of untiring vat and extensive jail.% , to bo Scotland hersclf has lust a on fairly entitt u classed as eminent. ,_•.—_•,-'''-'''-!!"--"."-.."7"-''---ri hi. immortal A BLESSING FOIt A CUItSING % 'I _ ove r the dramatist has spread the name of Far eo , station in' whole civilised world, and made m en .ia evi_e_rior fh, jilted quire where it is situated, that shay inigilt '*11,,0 blasted lily where the weird sisters tact Idachetli o:coves 0 1 the hu,ttli." '.I:Lo Forres peoplo bethink th u-,,, we e,eloty ~p ec t to or , propriety of paying a special 'Dark ° f r ''' ; e at tied boric of the man that has immortalised that aye able blasted hearth.